Leadership Institute curriculum is comprised of 42 competencies, which are aligned to PMI’s operational and strategic goals, and 172 skills that support those competencies.
The skills fall into three core knowledge areas:
PMI® Institutional Knowledge: Information about PMI and its history
Association Governance: Information for managing a not-for-profit organization
Individual Leadership Development: Information designed to expand an individual’s ability to lead in both personal and professional environments
Opportunities for learning in each of these core knowledge areas exists in each of the Leadership Institute Elements, targeted to your personal level of learning, as determined by the Leadership Skills Inventory.
Levels of Learning
- 1. The Prospective Volunteer is a new PMI member who is interested in contributing in a non-leadership role.
- 2. The Learning Volunteer is a non-elected, non-appointed volunteer who may be working alone to achieve a specific deliverable. This is the level of new volunteer recruitment and the person's first organized volunteer activity within PMI.
- 3. The New Volunteer Leader is a newly elected or appointed community leader, community committee chair or PMI project team lead.
- 4. The Experienced Volunteer Leader is an experienced community leader or leader of a large institutional project or new PMI product development, such as a member of a PMI Member Advisory Group or a president or officer of a large community. This person aspires to lead a large, self-motivated group through strategic direction-setting.
- 5. The Strategic Volunteer Leader is a PMI-elected or -appointed volunteer leader, such as a PMI Board Member, a leader of mature communities, or a PMI product development or program leader. This person wants to play a large role in institutional direction and has mastered strategic leadership competencies.